If you’ve never photographed “fishing” eagles, you don’t know the thrill you’re missing!
When photographing reflections, it’s hard to get a bad picture.
Don’t let me mislead you with today’s blog title. I won’t be talking about putting your photos in picture frames. It’s about putting your subject in a frame when you take the picture. I’m hearing you say, “Huh?”
Kind of sounds like a Dr. Seuss title but, today’s blog is about taking pictures at the zoo.
Just about every person I talk to who likes taking snapshots tells me they like taking pictures at weddings. Being a wedding photographer for 30 years, I’ve seen a lot of Point & Shoots and camera phones being used by the guests.
In my last Blog post you saw how many ways there are to store your digital files. This post is about how I organize and store MY digital photo files. Right or wrong it’s how I do it.
Using a digital camera presents new ways you have to think about how to save them, organize and store them so you don’t lose them.
Now that digital has taken over from film cameras, we’re all speaking in pixels, mega pixels, bytes, etc.
Last Blog entry I mentioned about getting out of an “I-don’t-know-what-to-shoot” rut. Today’s entry concerns getting out of the “Ho-Hum, Pick-up-my-camera-and-shoot” rut.
Ever get the urge to go out and take pictures but couldn’t think of anything to take pictures of? Not to worry…this happens to me quite often. I’ve talked to other photography pros/enthusiasts and they mostly say the same thing. It happens to us all at one time or another.
Macro photography is not only unique but it’s interesting to get in really, really close to the subject. Details can be seen that normal lenses can’t give you.
Remember I talked about how our eyes have “selective focus”? When we look at a close object, the background tends to be blurred out. But, afterwards, when we view the photos, they don’t appear the way they did when we looked through the viewfinder.
You love taking pictures, you’ve bought a very nice DSLR camera and now you want to photograph weddings “because it would be fun and maybe make some extra money.”
Most exotic photos are taken in exotic places. You may not be able to get extremely exotic pics in your local park but you can still get some pretty interesting shots.
In the years of cassette tapes, Memorex commercials had asked, “Is it real or is it Memorex?” Meaning; “Is it live or is it recorded?” They wanted you to believe you couldn’t tell the difference because of the quality of their tapes.
Autumn: The time of year that Mother Nature shows off! It’s also the time of year WE want to show off our pictures of the phenomenon!
If wanting to go back to the Civil War, Wauconda, IL has its “Civil War Days” every year. There are other locations that have them also, but I chose this one.
There are not too many people I talk to that don’t like looking at silhouette pics. Maybe it’s the mystery of not seeing detail or maybe it’s seeing only a stark outline. Either way, silhouettes have always been a popular subject.
When taking snapshots, most people stand back and try to get the whole scene. My Mom was one of them! Kind of like, “all or nothing”. This works good for environmental photos…shooting to show what it was or where it was but doesn’t really make them interesting to view.
Mike Miller is a professional photographer who lives in East Peoria. Miller grew up in East Peoria and has lived there most of his life. He has been a photo enthusiast since 1972 and took on full-time photography in 2005. He is a past print chairman of the Peoria Camera Club. To learn more about Miller's photography business visit http://www.denimtolace.com
